1847 · London
by Ruxton, George F.
London, 1847. viii,332pp. plus 16pp. of advertisements. Modern cloth, leather label. Very good. One of the best known travel narratives of the fur trade era, describing the adventures of the author, a British army officer, in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in 1847. HOWES R553, "aa." HILL 1506 (ref). FLAKE 7459. WAGNER-CAMP 139:1. RITTENHOUSE 499. GRAFF 3620. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 100. (Inventory #: WRCAM1461)